SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Constructionism, Ethnic Group, Iceberg

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Race: category of people singled out as different on the basis of real or alleged inherited physical characteristics such as skin colour, hair texture, eye shape, or other arbitrarily selected attributes a socially constructed reality, not a biological one. More political, often implies discrimination, often works as stigma, and different race are valued differently determines who gets who in the society. Ethnic group group of people distinguished, by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics ascribed membership from birth, characterized by cultural traits and a relative sense of community. An excerpt from michael moore"s fahrenheit 911: arab-american comedians. Its funny and not funny at the same time. It allows us to see and talk about sensitive issues. You can let out all the destructive feelings you have using humour. Percentage of americans in 2006 who believed that u. s. muslims should have to carry special i. d:

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